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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Thats why I have stopped calling it ai. Its a dumbass buzzword just like cloud, that tech bros like to use but cant explain (or blockchain).

Its llms, and image generators/OCR (which has been around for decades), Using complex markov chains and a fuck ton of graphics cards. NOT AI. NOT AI.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

It is AI, along with a bunch of optimization algorithms, statistical decision trees (probably used in adaptive AI in games), etc. AI is a field in computer science that includes a ton of things many wouldn't consider AI.

Basically, if the solution doesn't come from direct commands but instead comes from some form of learning process, it's probably AI.

It's not "general AI", but it is in the field of AI.

[–] enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I would argue we need to go back to Machine Learning.

The field is machine learning, generative machine learning etc.

This rebrand to AI is doing nothing but confusing people and building investor hype

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Back? Machine Learning has always been a subfield of artificial intelligence since it all started in the 1950s or so. The end goal is to create general AI, and each field in AI is considered a piece of that puzzle, including LLMs.

[–] enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 minutes ago

Also fair.

I find the term machine learning more honest than artificial intelligence

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

I use the term “inference machine”

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I've had to start calling it AI because most people don't know what LLMs are, and noone cares to go through the explanation, including myself.
I'm afraid that, as these things go, AI has gained a new meaning by popular use, rather than the original meaning of the acronym.
No point fighting it anymore.

Maybe we just need to adjust and start saying GAI (generative ai). It has a nice ring to it too.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 hours ago

It's always been like that, even since the 1950s...

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

If people are so dumb they dont even know what an llm is, they have no business using any "ai" products. Too bad we cant ban dumb people from using tech that will make them dumber.